Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So the method has passed animal testing... What are the next steps in your opinion?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    Someone who meets euthanasia standards in a state volunteers to do it.

    If I was terminal, it's something I'd consider. For science.

    But I don't think I'd do it so they can kill people with less remorse.

    Talked myself into a corner there. But a bloodless, mess-less, painless way to die could be useful to people who want to die with dignity.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    In my opinion, the only morally acceptable next step is abolishing the death penalty. But, if I objected solely on the basis of the medical experimentation angle, an extensive formal review of the body of evidence by a panel of actual medical experts, plus not using as a subject a guy who already underwent one botched execution, at the very least?

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